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DNA Synthesis at Ginkgo Bioworks

In 2017, Ginkgo Bioworks acquired Gen9, a pioneer in the synthesis and assembly of DNA. Our mission is to bring together under one roof all the tools necessary to make biology easier to engineer. Bringing Gen9's unique expertise in assembling pathway-length synthetic DNA in-house into Ginkgo's foundries enables us to improved our speed and capacity for building new organism designs.